Math Tools, Grades 3–12
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Description
Common Core + Differentiated Instruction + Student Engagement = Higher Student Achievement
If you're like most math teachers, this is a problem you wrestle with every day. Harvey Silver and his colleagues have updated their best-selling text to provide a solution. With new Common Core–aligned tools and strategies, this second edition of Math Tools, Grades 3–12 is an all-in-one math classroom management resource that will enable you to teach to the Common Core, differentiate instruction, and keep students engaged—all at the same time.
Covering everything from lesson design to math-specific learning styles, the second edition's 60+ tools will enable you to:
- Work in smarter, more efficient ways with all of your students, no matter the class size or make up
- Create standards-based lesson plans, tests, and formative assessments
- Reach every learner regardless of understanding level or learning style
- Integrate technology into class time for more engaging math lessons
Add in a Common Core matrix, immediately useable reproducibles, and learning-style charts—and you're fully equipped to make the ambitions of the Common Core Math Standards a reality in your classroom.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
About the Authors
Preface: Math Tools: A Cure for the Common Core
Preface: Math Tools: A Cure for the Common Core
Introduction: A User's Guide to the Second Edition
- 1. Mastery
- Chapter One Matrix
- Convergence Mastery
- Fist Lists and Spiders
- Glossaries
- Knowledge Cards
- Mastery Review
- Mathematical Conventions
- Mathematical Summaries
- Memory Box
- Mental Math War
- Most Valuable Point (MVP)
- Practice Makes Perfect
- Procedural Notes
- Vocabulary Knowledge Rating (VKR)
- Vocabulary Organizers
- What's Wrong?
- Word Walls
- 2. Understanding
- Chapter Two Matrix
- Always-Sometimes-Never(ASN)
- Compare & Contrast
- Concept Attainment
- Essential Question Notes (EQN)
- Learning From Clues
- Making Notes
- Math Rulebook
- Pattern Finding
- Precisely Speaking
- Ps and Qs
- Show Me
- Stake Your Claim
- Support or Refute
- Thinking Notes
- Three-Way Tie
- Which One Doesn't Belong?
- Yes, But Why?
- 3. Self-Expressive
- Chapter Three Matrix
- 3-D Viewer: Algebraic, Graphical, and Numerical
- And the Question Is
- Cinquains
- Create Your Own
- Divergent Thinking
- Group and Label
- M + M: Math and Metaphors
- Making Up Is Fun to Do
- Math Recipe
- Meaning-Full Math
- Metaphorical Duels
- Modeling With Algebra
- Modeling With Manipulatives
- Picture = 1,000 Words
- Vocabulary Stories
- What If?
- 4. Interpersonal
- Chapter Four Matrix
- Attention Monitor
- Explaining Solutions
- I Know What I Know
- Math Review Games
- No Uncertain Terms
- Paired Learner
- Peer Coaching
- Range Finder
- Real-World Connections
- Test Feedback
- What's Your Favorite?
- Where in the World?
- Who's Right?
- 5. Mosaic
- Chapter Five Matrix
- Assessment Menu
- Comprehension Menu
- Math Media Skills
- Math Notes
- MATHEMATICS Writing Frames
- Task Rotation
References
References
Index
Index
Resources
Companion Websites
http://www.corwin.com/mathtools3-12Additional materials
Description
Common Core + Differentiated Instruction + Student Engagement = Higher Student Achievement
If you're like most math teachers, this is a problem you wrestle with every day. Harvey Silver and his colleagues have updated their best-selling text to provide a solution. With new Common Core–aligned tools and strategies, this second edition of Math Tools, Grades 3–12 is an all-in-one math classroom management resource that will enable you to teach to the Common Core, differentiate instruction, and keep students engaged—all at the same time.
Covering everything from lesson design to math-specific learning styles, the second edition's 60+ tools will enable you to:
- Work in smarter, more efficient ways with all of your students, no matter the class size or make up
- Create standards-based lesson plans, tests, and formative assessments
- Reach every learner regardless of understanding level or learning style
- Integrate technology into class time for more engaging math lessons
Add in a Common Core matrix, immediately useable reproducibles, and learning-style charts—and you're fully equipped to make the ambitions of the Common Core Math Standards a reality in your classroom.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
About the Authors
Preface: Math Tools: A Cure for the Common Core
Preface: Math Tools: A Cure for the Common Core
Introduction: A User's Guide to the Second Edition
- 1. Mastery
- Chapter One Matrix
- Convergence Mastery
- Fist Lists and Spiders
- Glossaries
- Knowledge Cards
- Mastery Review
- Mathematical Conventions
- Mathematical Summaries
- Memory Box
- Mental Math War
- Most Valuable Point (MVP)
- Practice Makes Perfect
- Procedural Notes
- Vocabulary Knowledge Rating (VKR)
- Vocabulary Organizers
- What's Wrong?
- Word Walls
- 2. Understanding
- Chapter Two Matrix
- Always-Sometimes-Never(ASN)
- Compare & Contrast
- Concept Attainment
- Essential Question Notes (EQN)
- Learning From Clues
- Making Notes
- Math Rulebook
- Pattern Finding
- Precisely Speaking
- Ps and Qs
- Show Me
- Stake Your Claim
- Support or Refute
- Thinking Notes
- Three-Way Tie
- Which One Doesn't Belong?
- Yes, But Why?
- 3. Self-Expressive
- Chapter Three Matrix
- 3-D Viewer: Algebraic, Graphical, and Numerical
- And the Question Is
- Cinquains
- Create Your Own
- Divergent Thinking
- Group and Label
- M + M: Math and Metaphors
- Making Up Is Fun to Do
- Math Recipe
- Meaning-Full Math
- Metaphorical Duels
- Modeling With Algebra
- Modeling With Manipulatives
- Picture = 1,000 Words
- Vocabulary Stories
- What If?
- 4. Interpersonal
- Chapter Four Matrix
- Attention Monitor
- Explaining Solutions
- I Know What I Know
- Math Review Games
- No Uncertain Terms
- Paired Learner
- Peer Coaching
- Range Finder
- Real-World Connections
- Test Feedback
- What's Your Favorite?
- Where in the World?
- Who's Right?
- 5. Mosaic
- Chapter Five Matrix
- Assessment Menu
- Comprehension Menu
- Math Media Skills
- Math Notes
- MATHEMATICS Writing Frames
- Task Rotation
References
References
Index
Index
Resources
Companion Websites
http://www.corwin.com/mathtools3-12Additional materials
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Math Tools, Grades 3–12
60+ Ways to Build Mathematical Practices, Differentiate Instruction, and Increase Student Engagement
August 2012 | 272 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 27/02/2023 | 9781452261393 | $42.95 |
| Lifetime | 27/02/2023 | 9781452284408 | $39.00 |
Common Core + Differentiated Instruction + Student Engagement = Higher Student Achievement
If you're like most math teachers, this is a problem you wrestle with every day. Harvey Silver and his colleagues have updated their best-selling text to provide a solution. With new Common Core–aligned tools and strategies, this second edition of Math Tools, Grades 3–12 is an all-in-one math classroom management resource that will enable you to teach to the Common Core, differentiate instruction, and keep students engaged—all at the same time.
Covering everything from lesson design to math-specific learning styles, the second edition's 60+ tools will enable you to:
- Work in smarter, more efficient ways with all of your students, no matter the class size or make up
- Create standards-based lesson plans, tests, and formative assessments
- Reach every learner regardless of understanding level or learning style
- Integrate technology into class time for more engaging math lessons
Add in a Common Core matrix, immediately useable reproducibles, and learning-style charts—and you're fully equipped to make the ambitions of the Common Core Math Standards a reality in your classroom.
Table Of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- Preface: Math Tools: A Cure for the Common Core
- Introduction: A User's Guide to the Second Edition
- 1. Mastery
- Chapter One Matrix
- Convergence Mastery
- Fist Lists and Spiders
- Glossaries
- Knowledge Cards
- Mastery Review
- Mathematical Conventions
- Mathematical Summaries
- Memory Box
- Mental Math War
- Most Valuable Point (MVP)
- Practice Makes Perfect
- Procedural Notes
- Vocabulary Knowledge Rating (VKR)
- Vocabulary Organizers
- What's Wrong?
- Word Walls
- 2. Understanding
- Chapter Two Matrix
- Always-Sometimes-Never(ASN)
- Compare & Contrast
- Concept Attainment
- Essential Question Notes (EQN)
- Learning From Clues
- Making Notes
- Math Rulebook
- Pattern Finding
- Precisely Speaking
- Ps and Qs
- Show Me
- Stake Your Claim
- Support or Refute
- Thinking Notes
- Three-Way Tie
- Which One Doesn't Belong?
- Yes, But Why?
- 3. Self-Expressive
- Chapter Three Matrix
- 3-D Viewer: Algebraic, Graphical, and Numerical
- And the Question Is
- Cinquains
- Create Your Own
- Divergent Thinking
- Group and Label
- M + M: Math and Metaphors
- Making Up Is Fun to Do
- Math Recipe
- Meaning-Full Math
- Metaphorical Duels
- Modeling With Algebra
- Modeling With Manipulatives
- Picture = 1,000 Words
- Vocabulary Stories
- What If?
- 4. Interpersonal
- Chapter Four Matrix
- Attention Monitor
- Explaining Solutions
- I Know What I Know
- Math Review Games
- No Uncertain Terms
- Paired Learner
- Peer Coaching
- Range Finder
- Real-World Connections
- Test Feedback
- What's Your Favorite?
- Where in the World?
- Who's Right?
- 5. Mosaic
- Chapter Five Matrix
- Assessment Menu
- Comprehension Menu
- Math Media Skills
- Math Notes
- MATHEMATICS Writing Frames
- Task Rotation
- References
- Index